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stɛnˈdɑl, stæn-; Fr. stɑ̃ˈdalstend·hal

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  1. Stendhal, Marie Henri Beylenoun

    French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842)

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  1. Stendhal

    Marie-Henri Beyle (French: [bɛl]; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (UK: , US: ; French: [stɛ̃dal, stɑ̃dal]), was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black, 1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism. A self-proclaimed egotist, he coined the same characteristic in his characters' "Beylism".

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    Stendhal is the pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle (1783–1842), a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism in his two novels 'Le Rouge et le Noir' (The Red and the Black, 1830) and 'La Chartreuse de Parme' (The Charterhouse of Parma, 1839). The term "Stendhal syndrome" is also named after him, which is a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, dizziness, fainting, confusion, and even hallucinations, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to art, usually when the art is particularly 'beautiful' or a large amount of art is in a single place.

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  1. Stendhal

    Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. Known for his acute analysis of his characters' psychology, he is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism, as is evident in the novels Le Rouge et le Noir and La Chartreuse de Parme.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stendhal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stendhal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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